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[matcha-bnuuy]

🍓 Nato?

Random facts about Nato coming up~!

-He is a noble who grew up in Vabbi with a firm Sunspear father and a socialite mother who would drag him to all kinds of her parties and meetings, putting him on display. They weren’t especially caring otherwise, and rather used him as an object of “family tradition” (which he had no interest in persuing) and he has a bad relationship with both of them as a result.

-When he was 13 years old he found an abandon hawk griffon egg in the dunes which he smuggled home and hatched himself with little more than blankets and a lot of watching and hugging. His parents insisted on him getting rid of the grifflet but he’s kept it as a lifelong (and afterlife too) companion in “Bonepicker”, his beloved mount.

-He’s a skilled jewelsmith! He learnt how to do it in his own time and to this day makes jewellery for himself. All the gold pieces he wears are reforged family heirlooms he fashioned to something more to his style.

-He died just one year before Joko did.

[orrianreaper]

for relationship meme: 3, 9, 11, 15, 21

I think I might’ve gottne a bit carried away with these and written to much, but thank you so much for sending them!! <3

3) What OC has a huge group of friends?

Pleur makes so many friends,it's just part of her nature to be outgoing and kind - and it earns her plenty of people who like her right back. Of course, exactly how close she is to all these people varies wildly. She has Dragon's Watch, she was friends with destiny's Edge, and her tighest group is Reverie's Vengeance - her own guild, her personal guild. Pleur genuinely does have a lot of friends, she has so many people she's kept in contact with to the best of her ability. She has a Kodan in Bitterfrost she still writes to, Restless Skies even came all the way down to Elona to help against Kralkatorrik. She has pact soldiers who she still gets letters from, who tell her about what happened in the Vigil halls last tuesday. She really does have friends all over the place,  despite how her doubts tell her otherwise.

9) What is your favourite platonic relationship betwen your OCs?

I have so many platonic relationships I love a lot, But I think I'm going to highlight just how interesting Paara and Sruffi's dynamic is. They're the resident Asura of Reverie's Vengeance, and ver such different outward personas. Paara is loud, she is harsh and stubborn and a fireborn leader - Sruffi meanwhile is very gentle, he's quiet in both voice and tone and struggles being in the spotlight. In a lot of ways, Sruffi regards Paara as something he wishes he could be like. He doesn't want to be loud and feisty like she is, but more, he wishes he had the self understanding she does. Paara knows what she wants and she's fought for it tooth and nail, She's a Centurion of the Iron Legion and she wanted it and she bled for it. Sruffi has no idea what it is he wants in the end, and he worries he's not even super sure who he is. This respect does go both ways though - Paara genuinely really enjoys Sruffi's company. He's talented at what he does, he's scarily good - but beyond that he's not some superior asshole with a ego. Paara knows she can get tangled in her own ego, but Sruffi never does. But on a level that's less, deep I guess, Paara really thinks of Sruffi as a little brother figure. He's not incapable, but she's absolutely always got an eye out for him and he absolutely appricates it. That, and they both have a lot of gripes about Rata Sum, the Council, and the Inquest they can complain about together - which is nice to get off their chests.

11) What is your favourite romantic relationship between your OCs?

Honestly, I really enjoy Matthia Prismbellow and Elvire's relationship for a bunch of different reasons. For one thing, they're a Charr/Human ship which just, inherently is fun - especially when Matt is so close to Rytlock, who absolutely is with Logan in their universe. Like father figure like son. And in terms of their actual personalities they're both very loud characters in terms of dress, but calm and quiet in terms of personality. Elvire is a Priest of Lysaa, and dresses exactly like the lavender pomp that implies, they are Extra. and At heart, Matt adores that style despite being quiet, shy almost, about embracing it for a long time. Really it's Elvire that helps give them the confidence in that regard. And in general Matt is just, drawn to Elvire's self-assurance and strange relaxed bombastic. And despite all the bluster Elvire deeply cares about everything, about people and about helping them and just - Matt loves it they really, really do. As for Elvire's view on Matt? Elvire has always been a fan of people who were slightly, eccentric. A giant charr who was less blood and swords and more colour and alchemy would catch their eye regardless of Matt's status as Commander. They've always enjoyed Matt's company, and trusted them. And when they were trapped in Maguuma is was Matt who found them, and it was Matt they prayed for. Elvire has their own walls, upheld by vanity and illusions and noble persona - Matt is one of the few people Elvire feels they can drop it with. And as much as illusion is freeing, so is discarding them.

15) Which OCs get along the worst with eachother?

The instant go-to is easily Merianus Blacktide and Ovidius Suneater. Meri and Ovidius were childhood best friends, raised in the Ash farhar together they were the only two magic users in their group, and Meri was quick to stand up for his new friend against their snarls about his 'Flame Legion magic'. They drifted apart very hard when Ovidius was taken out of their Warband, and Meri was assigned away towards Ebonhawke. And then Ovidius got dragged into the circle of a Flame legion recruiter. Now Meri might not have been present but he did hear of it, especially given Ovidius quikcly rose to be a High Shaman amongst Ghereon's Godforged, and Ash wanted to know whatever they could about him. Meri was already furious, about havign defended him for years and it being thrown in his face, about his friend joining Flame when most of Meri's childhood was being scared his father would be killed fighting that very legion. And then Ovidius attacks Ghost Warband (Paara's) workyard, in an effort to get Meri's attention. And it only goes more downhill from there, with Ovidius effectively stalking Meri and trying to force him into joining him in Flame. Even after Ovidius' realisation of his actions, after reaching out to the order of Whispers and getting out of Flame and actively helping stop them - Meri despises him. He can't stand to be in the same room, he had no time, no patience, nothing. Just vitriol. And Ovidius is never going to get his forgiveness. And that is how it's going to stay.

21) Which OCs knew eachother the shortest time before becoming close friends?

I already know this is a weird answer, and I'm also trying to spread which characters I talk about with all these! But! Cryssi and the Demond-Commander (technically known as 'Arch') honestly started getting along weirdly quickly. Arch isn't really, close to anyone in Dragon's Watch. They certainly care about them and their well-being, DR understadn that but they seem to trust Cryssi a lot with very little question. and Cryssi clearly has no issue with this. Maybe it's a Revenant thing. Cryssi fell out of the Mists at Rytlock's heels completely by chance and stumbling, and right into the clusterfuck that was the Maguuma campaign, no-one had time to really debate what they should do about this 'Prisoner' with no memories who isn't even aware what a Charr is when they are one. But the Demon trusts them, and Cryssi has seen Arch at their more vulnerable more times than anyone else. When Arch is limping away from a fight, it's a room with Cryssi and no-one else that they'll curl up in an rest for five minutes. It's Cryssi who they left speak in their place, be more of a figure than they'll ever be as a shadow skulking in the shadow of Tyria's largest threats. And Cryssi....is just glad to have someone who doesn't ask questions they genuinely have no answers for. Cryssi is just glad to have Arch find who they are now be more important than whatever lost past they have. Friends who stumble through the mists together, stick together.

[sunshinemage]

For Rory: 💋📙💚

💋 How affectionate are they with their friends? Their family? Their romantic partner(s) (if they have any)? Are they more physical or emotional when it comes to displaying their affection? Why?

He used to be more affectionate, but he has been a bit more distant for the past seven or so years. Where he used to be extremely vocal, emotional as well as physical when it came to show affection, now it will be small gestures, smiles and light touches. He doesn’t love less, and will make sure you know it, but it has become a bit more difficult to display it in public.

📙 What kind of subjects (of conversation, of discussion, in school or whatever) does your OC find interesting or engaging or that they can talk for hours about? What kind of stuff do they just find fun?

What things bore your OC to tears and they couldn’t care less about? Why?

Rory’s fascinated by geology and how Tyria’s topography came to be the one we know today, and also by anything that has to do with poisons. He could go on and on about toxic plants and venomous animals.

He’s not bored easily, but there is one subject that he can’t get into no matter how hard he tried: mathematics. And it’s not at all because it’s not my subject either. He just doesn’t like numbers and equations and can’t get them, no matter how hard he tries.

💚 Talk about some of the traumatic events in your OC’s life. These events can be ones that have happened to them or a loved one. These events can be minor or major.

There is... a lot. The Battle of Claw Island is among these traumatic events. He lost Sieran, with whom he had traveled for years and considered family, watched her sacrifice herself to save Lion’s Arch without being able to say or do anything due to a lack of time and options. He and the other members of his group at the time share the same feeling of guilt, even though none of them is at fault. If they had just ten more minutes, maybe they could have done something... If only...

And later watching Blish sacrifice himself the same way Sieran did... let’s just say Rory has a lot on his mind.

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Thank you <3<3

[whiskeyworen]

Back when I joined my gw2 discord group, I’d made an offhand remark at one point, after showing a particular screenshot, of wishing they had kind of a loose-hair style for Asura. One that kept the hairstyle I’d had on Sonnya, but like, just...longer. @mavelleofdawn was nice enough to do a really quick and awesomely done edit of that screenshot, which I went nuts over. I saved the pic, but in my hurry I lost track of where I saved it on my system, and the thread on the discord had very much accelerated so far it was almost useless to go back and hunt it down (and I couldn’t remember which channel It’d been in). But tonight I found it, so now I wanna show it off! Sonnya with long hair! I still wish fervently that this hairstyle existed in game! I wanna see her running around with her hair flowing behind her, trailing her in jumps, and flowing forward when she stops suddenly. She just looks so damned pretty with it like that. I’ll make it story-canon if I can, but damn do I wish it was GAME-canon.

[resonatingfern]

🖊🖊 for Amwyl?

Amwyl hasn’t told anyone most of what he saw in his Dream, or what happened in the Mists when he went there. He’s ashamed he was tricked so easily into believing the lies of the entity there that wanted to escape. He’s always been very trusting, and in that case it only led to danger and pain.

He does a good job keeping the entity that left the Mists with him controlled, though. It only breaks out when he’s in very dangerous situations, or when his feelings well up so much its easier for it to get past Amwyl’s mental barriers.

[sylvari-bouquet]

🖊🖊 for Nettle!

I think I’ll talk about the recent events with these facts!

Nettle’s own healing ability was the one thing that saved hir life when Bangar shot hir with Braham’s bow. Still, the burst of different magical energies leaves hir almost completely drained, and it takes a good while for it to be at hir usual level, which also makes hir recovery slower than normal.

Nettle finds hirself spending lot of hir recovery with Aurene, either spending time with her like back in Tarir, or discovering visions of past via the scrying pool. Ze finds it interesting to see the origins of Dragon’s Watch (as those events were originally experienced by Papaver rather than hir)

[matcha-bnuuy]

for the relationship meme: 1, 6, 9, 15

Thanks for the ask! Finally getting around to answering these I’ve been busy the last few days~!

1) What OC has the biggest family? How do they get along?

Surprisingly, it’s Auderen!

The grumpy would-be loner got taken in and now has a huge adoptive family that loves him very much, including grandparents, two dads, a chaos uncle who is practically him minus the Linkin Park and teenage angst, baby cousins and brothers! (He also has his boyfriend/fiance~)

They get on like any large family would, except you wind up the choatic level to 200, but at the end of the day they would (and do) kill for one another to keep them safe.

6) What OC is the Mom Friend?

Less surprising this time, it’s Midona

Not only is she literally a mother of several cubs, she will baby and mother anyone younger than her including her own Marshal of Trahearne when she was commander who she treated more like a son than anything. 

Stern but loving, she’s always there to give a cuddle, advice, or burn someone to a crisp if they hurt her babies.

9) What is your favorite platonic relationship between your OCs?

This was a tough pick but I went with Zinnk and Tiscci, 

They have a lot of history and have known each other since their later progeny days (since they were about 10-12 years of age) and despite ending up in different colleges they still remain good friends to this day. Zinnk used to have a big crush on Tiscci but she never reciperocated, but it’s never affected their friendship and the two are both happily in their own relationships now, the entire group being good pals with one another! :3

15. Whch OCs get along the worst with each other?

This is a tricky one, there are a few names I could throw out due to clashing personalities and agendas, but since I do have some outright villains I won’t include them because they were made specifically not to get along with people, since.. ya know, bad guys are gonna be bad.

With characters who have similar agendas (like wanting to keep the world safe) and having worked with each other on multiple occasions, I’m going to have to say Auderen and Xylem.

Auderen is standoffish, brash and sometimes even rude to people he doesn’t want to be interacting with, and Xylem falls under that catagory, being, as he describes “a goody-two-shoes-know-it-all who everybody loves and is too perfect for his own good.” Is he jealous of the Commander? Yes, yes he is, but it’s misplaced jealousy, as Xylem is far from perfect. 

Auderen scares him, and he returns his dislike in the form of thinking Auderen is violent, dangerous and unpredictable, which also isn’t entirely true. In reality a lot of that reputation has been spawned by rumourmongering coming from the Grove behind Auderen’s back, continuing long after he left too.

If these two took the time to learn more about each other they would probably get on much better, but they’re just too afraid and don’t care to.

[mystery-salad]

Alvvae for the Describe Your OC meme: 4, 10, 18, 21

Describe Your OC

Alvvae!!! I think this is the first ask I’ve ever gotten for her! Important note: Alvvae is a boy who uses she/her pronouns.

4: their insecurities

She can’t see well on the surface during the day without protective goggles, and really doesn’t enjoy this faces when she can get away with it she goes to bed at sunrise and handles evening/nighttime activities instead. It’s not fun to be nearly blind suddenly.

10: their fashion sense

For where she’s from, it’s absolutely suitable and lovely clothing! Though on the surface she’s taken to layering on as many coats as she can find. It’s so much colder up here in the open air without the easy insulation of the earth around her. She ends up looking like a mismatched pile of clothes.

18: how they sleep

She sleeps well enough to get enough rest to function just fine, but sounds are so different up here and it took a long time to get used to that fact. Noises like storms or dogs barking and such will still easily keep her awake if they’re loud enough. She tries to mitigate it a bit by pulling a rock dome over herself before falling asleep to muffle the sounds a bit.

21: how they react to pain

Much like your average person would! Her pain tolerance isn’t high but it’s also not horribly low. A stunned toe would get an ouch and a grumble, a cut would get a bandage, and something broken would get some tears and a cry of pain. She prefers to not get hurt, but she can handle it.